IonQ Management
Management criteria checks 0/4
IonQ's CEO is Niccolo de Masi, appointed in Feb 2025, has a tenure of 1.58 years. total yearly compensation is $89.63M, comprised of 0.6% salary and 99.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.043% of the company’s shares, worth $6.73M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.4 years and 1.1 years respectively.
Key information
Niccolo de Masi
Chief executive officer
US$89.6m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 0.56% |
| CEO tenure | 1.6yrs |
| CEO ownership | 0.04% |
| Management average tenure | 1.4yrs |
| Board average tenure | 1.1yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
IonQ's Historic Low Valuation Meets Record-Breaking Guidance (Upgrade)
Summary IonQ is upgraded to a strong buy as it delivers robust execution, raises 2026 guidance, and confirms the SkyWater acquisition. The SkyWater deal accelerates IonQ’s chip fabrication roadmap, more than doubles revenue, and enables rapid scaling of its Superion quantum platform. IONQ now targets $450–460 million in 2026 revenue post-acquisition, with the potential to surpass $1 billion in revenue next year. IONQ trades at its lowest historical valuation versus peers, offering a compelling entry point despite sector liquidity and scaling risks. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
IONQ: Vertical Integration And Policy Support Will Drive Future Quantum Adoption
IonQ's analyst price target has moved to $49, with analysts pointing to strong commercial momentum, expanding remaining performance obligations, and continued sector interest as key supports for the updated view. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on IonQ shows active debate around how to balance the company’s quantum computing opportunity with execution and valuation risks.
IONQ: Federal Quantum Policy And SkyWater Deal Will Shape Future Upside
IonQ's analyst price target has seen a modest reset of about $0.38 as analysts factor in updated expectations around revenue growth, profitability, future P/E assumptions, and the evolving quantum computing opportunity highlighted in recent sector research and new coverage initiations. Analyst Commentary Recent research on IonQ gives you a mixed picture that balances excitement about long term quantum computing potential with clear execution and valuation questions.IONQ: Federal Quantum Orders And Funding Will Drive Future Policy Tailwinds
Analysts have lifted their IonQ price targets, with one moving from $55 to $70, citing stronger perceived positioning across U.S. quantum policy priorities and confidence in the company's engagement with both commercial and government customers. Analyst Commentary Recent research notes around IonQ highlight how policy developments, federal engagement, and perceived technology positioning are feeding directly into how analysts think about valuation, execution risk, and long term growth potential.IONQ: Policy Tailwinds Will Not Justify Current Quantum Adoption Hurdles
IonQ's updated analyst price target narrative reflects a modest fair value change to $44.78, as analysts balance more conservative revenue growth assumptions with improved margin expectations and supportive policy and research views on the quantum computing sector. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on IonQ highlights both supportive policy tailwinds and company specific risks that could affect how investors think about valuation, execution and long term growth potential.IonQ (IONQ) Stock Could Be 1,017.6% Overvalued After Clavis XG Multiplex Launch
IonQ (IONQ) recently introduced Clavis XG Multiplex, a new quantum key distribution product built to run on existing metropolitan fiber networks, aiming to make long term quantum security deployment more practical for enterprise customers. See our latest analysis for IonQ. IonQ’s recent Clavis XG Multiplex launch comes after a volatile run, with a 1-day share price return of 3.40%, a 90-day share price return of 81.25%, and a 1-year total shareholder return of 40.11%, indicating strong but...
Will Aggressive R&D and Hardware Scaling Drive IonQ's Future Growth?
Usage of liquidity allows IonQ to pursue aggressive R&D, scale manufacturing independently, and absorb heavy annual losses without the immediate threat of diluting shareholders just to fund daily operations. Although I maintain my belief in the company's long-term potential as an ecosystem monopoly, I have revised my fair value target down from the $118+ to the $75+ due to the its fundamental metrics on its financial numbers (income-cash flow) in comparison with last year's.
The Best-Funded Quantum Platform and Still a Stock Priced for Perfection
Rating: Speculative Buy / Premium-priced quantum leader Style: Deep-tech platform with commercial momentum, but still pre-profit Core debate: Is IonQ the strongest public quantum platform because it combines the best balance sheet, the broadest product ambition, and the fastest current revenue scale, or is the stock already discounting too much future success in a still-unproven industry? Executive view The company just reported Q1 2026 revenue of $64.7 million , raised full-year revenue guidance to $260–270 million , and ended the quarter with Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) of $470 million.
IonQ: Exceptional Technology but Valuation Far Ahead of Financial Reality
Artificial intelligence has dominated technology markets in recent years and driven enormous investment into computing infrastructure. If AI represents the current frontier of computing, quantum computing could represent the next major paradigm shift.Is IonQ (IONQ) on Course to Become the "Nvidia of Quantum"?
The market is upside down. IONQ is the clear winner of this race.CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30 2026 | n/a | n/a | -US$1b |
| Mar 31 2026 | n/a | n/a | US$327m |
| Dec 31 2025 | US$90m | US$502k | -US$510m |
| Sep 30 2025 | n/a | n/a | -US$1b |
| Jun 30 2025 | n/a | n/a | -US$464m |
| Mar 31 2025 | n/a | n/a | -US$324m |
| Dec 31 2024 | US$233k | n/a | -US$332m |
| Sep 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$172m |
| Jun 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$164m |
| Mar 31 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$170m |
| Dec 31 2023 | US$315k | n/a | -US$158m |
| Sep 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$135m |
| Jun 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$114m |
| Mar 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | -US$72m |
| Dec 31 2022 | US$378k | n/a | -US$49m |
| Sep 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | -US$104m |
| Jun 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | -US$95m |
| Mar 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | -US$103m |
| Dec 31 2021 | US$11k | n/a | -US$106m |
Compensation vs Market: Niccolo's total compensation ($USD89.63M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.74M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Niccolo's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Niccolo de Masi (46 yo)
Mr. Niccolo Mcleod de Masi is CEO & Director of dMY Technology Group, Inc. VI from April 16, 2021. Mr. de Masi is Chief Executive Officer of IonQ, Inc. from February 26, 2025 and serves as its Director sin...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 1.6yrs | US$89.63m | 0.043% $ 6.7m | |
| CFO & COO | 1yr | US$59.00m | 0.0034% $ 525.5k | |
| Chief Administrative Officer | 1.2yrs | US$30.15m | 0.0045% $ 694.9k | |
| Chief Corporate Affairs & Government Relations Officer | 1yr | US$21.62m | 0.00031% $ 48.2k | |
| Chief Business Officer | less than a year | US$11.39m | 0.0060% $ 931.2k | |
| Founder | no data | US$275.00k | no data | |
| Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Advisor | no data | US$6.05m | no data | |
| Director of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief People Officer | no data | no data | no data | |
| Managing Director of IonQ GmBH | 4.2yrs | no data | no data | |
| President & General Manager of Quantum Platform | 1.7yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of Quantum Application | 2.5yrs | no data | no data |
Experienced Management: IONQ's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 5yrs | US$89.63m | 0.043% $ 6.7m | |
| Independent Director | 1.1yrs | US$242.24k | 0.0024% $ 368.4k | |
| Independent Director | 1.1yrs | US$236.77k | 0.0011% $ 172.6k | |
| Director | less than a year | no data | 0.0021% $ 328.0k | |
| Independent Director | 2.6yrs | US$285.65k | 0.034% $ 5.3m | |
| Independent Director | 1.6yrs | US$543.78k | 0.0010% $ 163.2k | |
| Director | less than a year | no data | 0.00076% $ 118.2k | |
| Lead Independent Director | 4.2yrs | US$352.45k | 0.015% $ 2.3m | |
| Independent Director | 1yr | US$4.29m | 0.0024% $ 380.9k |
Experienced Board: IONQ's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2026/09/21 03:57 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/09/21 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
IonQ, Inc. is covered by 19 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Craig Ellis | B. Riley Securities, Inc. |
| Troy Jensen | Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
| Richard Shannon | Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC |